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Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

1981•1h 56m•6.5/10
Drama

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6.5/10(46)

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory.

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Production

Fiction Cinematografica

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi

Ugo Tognazzi

Primo Spaggiari

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

Barbara Spaggiari

Laura Morante

Laura Morante

Laura

Victor Cavallo

Victor Cavallo

Adelfo

Olimpia Carlisi

Olimpia Carlisi

la chiromante Romola

Vittorio Caprioli

Vittorio Caprioli

Maresciallo Angrisani

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

Colonnello Macchi

Ricky Tognazzi

Ricky Tognazzi

Giovanni Spaggiari, figlio di Primo

Margherita Chiari

la servante

Gaetano Ferrari

le garde

Cosimo Cinieri

Cosimo Cinieri

magistrato

Franco Trevisi

Franco Trevisi

Pietro Longari Ponzoni

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